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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Bass)
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            God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen   - Dio (BASS
                       
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Tabbed by: Scotto10

Tuning: Drop D down 1/2 step [Db - Ab - Db - Gb OR C# - G# - C# - F#]

**Important note: I didn't realize until I was almost finished that it was 
actually played on a 5 string bass. There were a last few notes that I found 
could not be played in Drop Db so it has to be a 5 string.I didn't feel like 
doing the whole thing over again so I am submitting it as a 4 string in drop Db.
Normally, I don't see a drop D tuning AND a fifth string so I assumed it to be a 
4 string until the very end. It's ok though, because I'm sure most people do 
not have a 5 string bass so this is for the masses and still sounds fine.

submitted Jun 19 2021
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Bass


         [Intro]

            Q    Q     Q    E  E     Q    Q    E  E   E  E   
F#||-----|------------------------|-------------------------|
C#||-----|-------2b----2----------|-------------------------|
G#||-----|--0---------------3--2--|--0----------------3--2--|
C#||-----|------------------------|-------3----2--L\--------|


                                                   [verse]

  Q    Q     Q    E  E     Q    Q    E  E   E  E       Q.     E   S S E  Q     
------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|
-------2b----2----------|-------------------------||*-------------------------|
--0---------------3--2--|--0----------------3--2--||*-------------------------|
------------------------|-------3----2--L\--------||---7------L\--7-5-7-------|


  H        Q    E  E     H        S S E  Q       Q.     E   Q    E  E   
----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
----------------3--2--|-----------------------|------------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
--7--------2----------|--7--------7-5-7-------|--7------L\--2----2--2--|


  Q.     E  Q    E  E      Q    E  E   E  S S S S S S  
-----------------------|------------------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------------|
------------3----3--2--|------------------------------|
--3------3-------------|--/7----7--7\--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|


[Chorus]

   Q    E  E   Q    E  E     E  E  S S E  E  E  E  E   
--------------------------|---------------------------|
--------------------2-----|---------------------------|
--------------------------|--0--0--3-2-0--------------|
--/7----7--7\--2-------2--|---------------0--0--0--0--|


  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E     Q    Q     Q    E  E     Q    Q    E  E   E  E   
---------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
---------------------------|-------2b----2----------|-------------------------|
---------------------------|--0---------------3--2--|--0----------------3--2--|
--7--7--7--7s--2--2--2--2--|------------------------|-------3----2--L\--------|


  Q    Q     Q    E  E     Q    Q    E  E    E  E     
------------------------|---------------------------||
-------2b----2----------|--------------------------*||
--0---------------3--2--|--0-----------------------*||
------------------------|-------3----2--L\--10--9---||


[Solo]

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
--5-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
----0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-2-0-|----0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-0-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
--5-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
----0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-2-0-|----0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-0-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
--5-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
----0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-2-0-|----0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-0-|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S S S S S S S S S S S S E  E   
----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--5-------------------------------|--5-----------------------3--2--|
----0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-2-0-|----0-0-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|


  Q    Q     Q    E  E     Q    Q     Q    E  E     Q    Q     Q    E  E   
------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
-------2b----2----------|-------2b----2----------|-------2b----2----------|
--0---------------3--2--|--0---------------3--2--|--0---------------3--2--|
------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


  Q    Q     Q     E  E     Q.     E   S S E  Q       Q    E  E   Q    E  E   
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------2b----2-----------|-------------------------|-------------------3--2--|
--0----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
------------------10--9--|--7------L\--7-5-7-------|--7----7--L\--2----------|


[Verse]

  Q    E.  S S  S E  Q       Q    E  E   Q    S S S S  
--------------------------|---------------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------------|
--7----7-----7s-5-7-------|--7----7--7\--2----2-2-2-2-|


  Q    S S S S E.  S E  E      E  E  E  E   E  S S S S S S  
---------------------------|-------------------------------|
---------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------0-2-3---3-3--2--|-------------------------------|
--3----0-x-----------------|--/7--7--7--7\--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|


   E  E  E  E   Q    E  E     E  E  S S E  E  E  E  S S  
---------------------------|----------------------------|
---------------------2-----|----------------------------|
---------------------------|--0--0--3-2-0-----------3-5-|
--/7--7--7--7\--2-------2--|---------------0--0--0------|

                                                     [Outro]

  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  S S    Q    Q     Q    E  E     Q    Q    E  E   E  E   
----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
----------------------------|-------2b----2----------|-------------------------|
----------------------------|--0---------------3--2--|--0----------------3--2--|
--7--7--7--7s--2--2--2--2-2-|------------------------|-------3----2--L\--------|


  Q    Q     Q    E  E     Q    Q    E  E   E  E   
------------------------|-------------------------|
-------2b----2----------|-------------------------|
--0---------------3--2--|--0----------------3--2--|
------------------------|-------3----2--L\--------|


  S S S S E  S S E  S S E  E     S S S S E  S S E  S S Q     
------------------------------|-----------------------------|
----------3------2------------|-----------------------------|
--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-3--2--|--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-3----|
------------------------------|----------3------2-----------|


  S S S S E  S S E  S S E  E     S S S S E  S S E  S S E  S S  
------------------------------|-------------------------------|
----------3------2------------|-------------------------------|
--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-3--2--|--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-3--3-3-|
------------------------------|----------3------2-------------|


  S S S S E  S S E  S S E  E     S S S S E  S S E  S S Q     
------------------------------|-----------------------------|
----------3------2------------|-----------------------------|
--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-3--2--|--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-3----|
------------------------------|----------3------2-----------|


  S S S S E  S S E  S S E  E     S S S S E  S S E  S S E  E   
------------------------------|------------------------------|
----------3------2------------|------------------------------|
--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-3--2--|--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-3--3--|
------------------------------|----------3------2------------|


  S S S S E  S S E  S S E  E     S S S S E  S S E  S S Q     
------------------------------|-----------------------------|
----------3------2------------|-----------------------------|
--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-3--2--|--0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-3----|
------------------------------|----------3------2-----------|


  Q    Q    H          
---------------------||
---------------------||
--0------------------||
---------------------||




Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
. - note dotted
|-n-|  - n-tuplets


Tablature Legend
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L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
/ -  slide into from below or out of upwards
\ -  slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato